Drinking-faucet.



E. E. WANGELIN.

DRINKING FAUCET.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 2. ms.

Patented Sept. 10, 1918.

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sr'rs Pa e ERNEST E. WANGELIN,'OF,BELLEVILLE, ILLINOIS, AssIeNO TO TWEN'I'IETI-I CENTURY BRASS wORKsOF BELLEVILLE, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILL vOIs.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ERNEST E. VVANGELIN, a citizen of the United States, residing at -Belleville, in the county of St. Clair and had to the acco-mpanylng drawings, forming a part hereof.

The present invention is directed to improvements in drinking faucets ommonly known as bubbling cups, and has for its object to provide a cup which will deliver a uniform stream without the objection of attendant pulsations which cause :an uneven discharge of the water from the cup. These pulsations are due as a rule to the presence of air mingling with the stream before its final issue from the cup, the air affecting the density of the stream, and interfering with its otherwise uniform character. Specifically, my invention may be considered as an improvement on the structures of the drinking faucets forming the subjects-matter of U. S. Letters Patent No. 994,747, dated June 13, 1911, and No. 979,489, dated December 27, 1910, issued to J P. Heeney, reference to which will indicate the particulars in which my improvements differ therefrom. The advantages of the present invention will be apparent from the following detailed description in connection with-the accompanying drawing in which Figure 1 represents a middle vertical section taken through the faucet, parts being in elevation; Fig. 2 is a top plan of the fan cet; Fig. 3 is a horizontal section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1, looking up; and Fig. 4 is an elevation of the faucet.

Referring to the drawings, 1 represents a pipe fitting through which water under sufficient head is supplied to the faucet. The faucet proper comprises a hollow member or cup 2 having a. bottom inlet passage-Way a communicating with the passage-way of the pipe. Screwed into the inlet a within the cup 2 is a hollow post 4 on which is formed an annular flange 5 spaced from the inner wall of the cup, a-series of ports 0 being formed below the flange for the discharge of the water into the cup, the flow of the water through said ports being regulated by the head 6 of the adjusting screw-valve 6 Operating through the upper terminal DRINKING-FAUCET.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Sept, 10, 1918,

Appli'cationfiled March 2, 1918. Serial No. 220,067.v

wall or closed end of the post 4. The top ofthe cup is closed by a screw cap 7 which projects beyond the outer wall ofthe cup,

the said screw cap being provided with a marginal rim or flange 8 which is beaded Over the edge of a hood orbonnet 9, the said hood being formed with a bottom depression which, when the parts are assembled forms with the member 7 a chamber 10 across which the water is projected in its discharge from the cup 2, the projection of the water into the chamber. 10 being in the form of individual streams issuing through the comparatively restricted openings 0.

formed in the screw-cap 7 and disposed at equal radial distances from the center of the screw-cap, said center being imperforate. 1 Formed-along the edge of the hood 9 are a series of substantially semi-circular depressions or arched recesses 11 which span the relief openings 12 disposed along the outer edge of the screw-cap immediately adjacent the rim 8, said relief openings serving to discharge the water downward should mischievous persons attempt to choke off its normal flow through the central comparatively large opening or passage-way 0 formed in the hood 9. WVhen the opening 0 is left undisturbed very little water will escape through the relief ports or openings 12; but should any one attempt to squirt a stream by partially closing with his finger the discharge end of the opening 0, no stream of any consequence will be projected through the reduced opening, but the water will on the contrary seek an outlet through the recesses 11 and relief openings 12, discharging in a direction '(downwardly) in which it can do no harm. Should the pressure in the pipe 1 be low, the degree Ofdischarge through the relief ports 12 under normal service conditions may be regulated by a rotation of the hood 9 through a given arc, it being possible by the present-arrangement to cut off the flow through the ports 12 altogether by turning the hood sufficiently to bring the recess 11 out of register with the relief ports.

It will be seen from the foregoing that the roof of the chamber 10 presents an imperforate portion of the hood 9 .to the jets projected through the openings 0; and that the final discharge Opening 0 of the hood is axially in line with the central imperferate portion of the screw-cap 7, or member spanningthe upper end the cupQ.

" Thus the opening O of the hood'isvout of alinement with the openings 0 of the screwcap. In drinking faucetso-f the character here described in which the openings in the screwcap are in alinemcnt with corresponding openings in thehood, the bubbling of the drinking 'stream is not uniform but spasmodic, owing to the invasion of the chamber 10 by atmospheric air which causes the fountain to-pulsate or heave, thereby failing f to present ,to the drinker a column of'water ofu'niform height. This effect isaltogether overcome by my present improvement The *jets issuing from the openings 0 impinge against the imperforate portlon of the roof of the chamber 10, being thereby broken up, and then intermingling as they approach 7 the large opening 0 and forming a solid water column whose height of projection above the hood 9 is substantially uniform. There are practically no fluctuationsto this column and drinking from the fountain is attended with no inconvenience. The memlbers 7 and 9 when assembled form a hollow or chambered cap-piece for the cup 2 as ()opluwo t thin patent may be obtained to:-

' spirit of the invention.

' claim is:

obvious from the drawing. The details shown may of course be departed from measure without afie'cting the nature or Having described my lnventioii what I In a drinking faucet of the p scrlbed, a hollow cap-piece comprising an inner member-Land an upper hood therefor adjacent face of the inner member, and

provided with a series :of depressions or arched recesses, the outer edge of the inner spanned by the arched recesses aforesaid, whereby communication is established between the chamber of the cap-piece and the atmosphere. 7

In testimony whereof I aifln my signature in presence of two witnesses.

v Witnesses: EMIIrSTAREK a ELSE-MgSIEGEL.

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